Watch Japan's Giant US-2 Amphibious Flying Boat Land In An Amazingly Short Distance www.thedrive.com

It was the largest amphibious flying boat in production up until China bested it with their AG600 amphibian that first flew in 2017.
But that aircraft isn't yet operationally deployed, the US-2 is, and it recently displayed its somewhat astonishing short-takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities to onlookers at the Red Bull Air Races in Chiba.
Although the US-2 may look like the flying boats of yesteryear, it is a remarkably modern aircraft.
It features a glass cockpit, a digital flight control system, and four Rolls-Royce AE 2100J turboprop engines that pump out 4,600hp each.
Yet what's most impressive, as the videos above showcase, is the US-2's short-takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities that are made possible primarily by a blown flap and flight control system arrangement.